Work to replace seats in the main stand at the bet365 Stadium is currently on hold.

Three sides of Stoke City’s headquarters have been fitted with new seats over the last couple of years and the fourth, the west, Q-Railing Stand, had been on the agenda for this summer.

But that changed when supplier Stechert, based in Germany, went into insolvency.

Richard Smith, the managing director of Stoke City Property, has now met with owners of a successor company in hope to get the scheme running again.

The West Stand, which has a 7,357 capacity, at Stoke City's bet365 Stadium. (Image: Malcolm Hart)

A statement from the club this morning said: “Stechert going into insolvency was unfortunate news for the company and their employees and brought to an end a family business of 60 years standing that had supplied stadium seats across the globe. It also, of course, gave us the problem of how we could conclude our project.

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“The position is now becoming clearer as a successor company to Stechert has been formed and Richard Smith recently met with the owners of the business to discuss the way forward.

“Further meetings will be held in due course and an announcement will be made regarding the conclusion of the project later in the year.”

The West Stand at the new Stoke City stadium being erected in 1997. (Image: Dave Randle)

Renovation work at the bet365 Stadium during the summer of 2017. (Image: Phil Greig/Stoke City)

Stechert have worked with Stoke since 2013 and had previously installed seats in the west (Q-Railing) stand as well as more than 700 Lugano chairs for the hospitality areas and the 36 bench seats for the dug-outs.